SOSC 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ecocide, Degrowth

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 2000
• Professor: Annette Bickford

Document Summary

Topic: social sciences in dialogue with the sciences of nature: the role of the military and market-based approaches in environmental destruction: readings: (cid:862)tha(cid:374)atoce(cid:374)e: power a(cid:374)d ecocide,(cid:863) (cid:1005)(cid:1006)(cid:1006)-(cid:1005)47; (cid:862)phagoce(cid:374)e: co(cid:374)su(cid:373)i(cid:374)g the pla(cid:374)et(cid:863) Film: the wisdom to survive: climate change, capitalism & community (2013). Degrowth (cid:862)degrowth(cid:863) - coined to signify a deliberate political action to downscale the economy on a permanent and voluntary basis. The eventual reduction of all available resources will lead to a forced reduction in consumption. Controlled reduction of consumption would reduce the trauma of this change assuming no technological changes increase the planet"s carrying capacity: a paradigmatic re-ordering of values, and a (re)politicisation of the economy. The resources of between three and eight planet earths would be required for those in the. Global south to enjoy the living standards typical in the global north. The more fossil fuels we burn, the faster the climate continues to change.